Loreto Convent School, Pretoria

Loreto Convent School is a private high school in Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1878.

Loreto Convent School was founded on 7 June 1878 by Mother Margaret Mary Jolivet, Mother Joseph Colahan and Mother Teresa Colahan, at Loreto Convent, Skinner Street, with 20 pupils in the high school and 6 in the parochial school.[1]

Notable former pupils

  • Lady Cicely Mayhew (1924–2016), first British woman diplomat.[2]
  • Inez Clare Verdoorn (1896–1989), botanist

Notable former teachers

  • Anne van Zyl, education administrator

References

  1. ^ "Loreto Convent School". loreto.co.za. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
  2. ^ "Crisis In Care Homes As New Staffing Rules Loom - Immigration Watch Canada". immigrationwatchcanada.org. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 2016-09-10.

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Official website

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